Vic Mignogna

Victor Joseph Mignogna (/mɪnˈjɒnə/) is an American actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, the most notable being Edward Elric from the Fullmetal Alchemist series, for which he earned the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. Other notable anime roles include Broly from the Dragon Ball films, Tamaki Suoh in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai D. Flowright in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Dark in D.N.Angel, Kurz Weber in the Full Metal Panic! series, Zero and Ichiru Kiryu in the Vampire Knight series, Christopher Aonuma in Digimon Fusion, Nagato and Obito Uchiha in Naruto Shippuden, Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach and Matt Ishida in Digimon Adventure tri. He also voiced Qrow Branwen in the anime-style web series RWBY. In video games, he is the voice of E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and Junpei Iori from Persona 3. In live-action work, he has participated in several Star Trek fan productions, including Star Trek Continues where he plays Captain Kirk.

In 2007, the American Anime Awards presented Mignogna with an award for Best Actor for his work on Fullmetal Alchemist.[11][12][13] He often gains attention for his role in Fullmetal Alchemist, and he at one point attended between 15 and 25 conventions each year.[1][14] One of Mignogna's career goals was "to record at all of the major places where dubbing is done."[15] He said he was "the first ADV voice actor to record at Funimation in Dallas and then I was the first to go to New York".[15] He has also recorded in Los Angeles; he tried out for Bleach and received the part of Ikkaku Madarame.[16][17] In non-anime productions, he voiced Qrow Branwen in the American web series RWBY.[18]

In addition to voice acting, Mignogna has been involved in production for music, sound, and video.[19][20] He has produced hundreds of jingles for commercials,[15] and he was a worship leader with Houston's First Baptist Church.[21][6] He has sung the U.S. national anthem at several Houston Astros baseball games.[6] As a musician, Mignogna has released several albums, some of which feature English cover versions of anime songs from shows including One Piece and the Dragon Ball series. He also handled some of the ADR direction for the English dub of Claymore, in which he voices Rigaldo.

Sexual harassment allegations

Following the release of Dragon Ball Super: Broly, which prominently features Mignogna's vocal work, accusations of sexual harassment began to surface against Mignogna, with some allegations dating as far back as 1989.[28][29][30] Multiple accounts alleged that Mignogna kissed, groped, and made unwanted comments to fans without their consent, some of whom were underage.[28][29][31] Voice actresses Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi also tweeted their support for those speaking out, and shared their own experiences of being sexually harassed by Mignogna.[32][30] On February 5, 2019, Rooster Teeth, creators of the animated series RWBY, severed their business relationship with Mignogna,[31][33] and Funimation recast Mignogna's role of the Executive in The Morose Mononokean.[34] In response to the controversy, Mignogna categorically denied any accusations of sexual harassment. However, multiple anime conventions withdrew Mignogna from their guest list.[35][31] On February 11, 2019, Funimation confirmed on Twitter that they had ended professional ties with Mignogna following an investigation.[36][37] Mignogna issued an apology during his panel at Bak-Anime 2019 and again via Twitter on February 13, 2019.[38] On February 20, 2019, Mignogna confirmed on Twitter that he was pursuing legal action.[39]

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Notes

↑ The closing credits or manual does not list the voice actors involved.

↑ 1999 was the year that Mignogna began voice acting for anime dubs for television shows and videos. He has been composing and producing music since DC Talk's album in 1989, and appeared on television in 1993 as a contestant on Star Search.